Garment space saver



Jan. 27, 1953 A. H. ROVER GARMENT SPACE SAVER Filed May 25, 1949 Inuentor Alexander H. Raver Patented Jan. 27, 1953 UNITED;

STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT SPACE SAVER,

Alexander H. Rover, West New York, N. J. Application May 25, 1949,Serial No. 95,266

Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garmenthangers, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide agarment hanger including a swingable arm and embodying novel andimproved means for retaining the arm in either a vertical, horizontal,or forty-five degree angular position with respect to a verticalsupporting element.

Another very important object of the present invention is to provide afolding clothes hanger including a channel member, a swingable arm, anda locking pin secured to the channel member by a flexible connector andextendable through openings in the arm and the channel member or anapertured strip carried by the channel member in order to hold the armin a selected and predetermined pivoted position.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a foldingclothes hanger of the aforementioned character and embodying novel andimproved means whereby the same may be quickly and readily applied to asupporting structural element, such as a door, a vehicle window or thelike, in a convenient manner.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a, foldingclothes hanger that is simple and practical in construction, strong andreliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, small and compact instructure, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention applied to asupportingstructural ele ment, such as a wall, and showing the swingablearm locked in a vertical position, and with dotted lines showing theswingable arm in a horizontal position with a clothes hanger appliedthereto;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the present invention applied toa door or window, and with the swingable arm locked in a fortyfivedegree angle above the horizon;'

Figure 3 is a transverse horizontal sectional view showing the swingablearm disposed in a horizontal position with respect to the channelmember, and with parts of the arm broken away; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional view showingthe manner in which the suction cup is detachably secured to the lowerend of the channel member,

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein, for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral Iii represents an elongated channel member oranchor member having side portions or flanges 12 and I4.

Detachably secured to the upper end portion it of the anchor member it],by fasteners or the like 18, is one leg portion 23 of a substantiallyU-shaped resilient clamping element 22 that will yieldingly embrace theupper edge 24 of a door, window or the like 26 in order to retain theanchor member 19 relative to the said supporting structural element 26.

In order to retain the anchor member Ill relative to the supportingstructural element 26 and to hold the anchor member If! against lateralmovement, there is provided a suction cup 28 having a boss 30. The boss30 is provided with a longitudinal or central opening 32 that registerswith an opening 34 provided in the lower end portion 36 of the anchormember H]. A fastener 31 extends through the opening 34 as well as theopening 32 in the boss 30, and a nut 38 threaded on the fastener 31 isreceived in a central recess 40 provided in the inner surface of thesuction cup or vacuum member 28. Secured to the lower portion of theside flange l2 and to the inner face of the side flange l2 by fastenersor the like 42 is an elongated base member or strip 44 having aplurality of vertically spaced apertures 46 therein. Since the upperaperture 48 of the group of apertures 46 has a different function thanthe remaining of the apertures, this aperture will be referred to as anupper aperture and will carry the numeral 48 distinguishing it from theremaining apertures 46.

The numeral 56 indicates a vertically swingable arm having-its lower endsecured to the side flange l2 and to the upper end of the strip 44. Thisarm is provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings 52including a lower aperture 54 that will register with the upper opening48 when the arm is disposed in a forty-five degree angle above thehorizon as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing. The arm 50' alsoincludes an upper opening or aperture 56 that will register with a pairof opposed openings 58 in the upper ends of the flanges I2 and 14 whenthe arm 58 is disposed in a vertical position.

When the arm 50 is in a horizontal position, its lower edge will bearagainst the anchor member l0 and will restrict further downward pivotalmovement of the arm 50.

Means is provided for locking the arm 5t in 3 a vertical position or atforty-five degrees relative to the anchor member ID. This meanscomprises a flexible element or chain 60 having one of its ends securedto the side flange l2 by a rivet or swivel 62. Ihe free end of the chain6!) supports a locking pin 64 that is received in the openings 56 and 58in order to hold the arm i! in a vertical position, or the openings 48and 5 1 when the arm 50 is disposed at a forty-five degree angle, abovethe horizontal, with respect to the anchor member It].

When the pin 84 is received in the openings 48 and 54, the pin will bearagainst the outer edge of the side flange Hi to further strengthen thearm.

The openings '56 and 52 will receive the hook portions 66 of a pluralityof hangers 68 when the arm 5% is disposed in either its vertical,horizontal or forty-five degree angular position, and the arm alsosupports a loop or frame 10.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A folding clothes hanger comprising an elongated anchor member havinga side flange with an opening therein, a base strip secured injuxtaposition to said side flange and having an upper aperture, an armpivoted to said side flange, said arm having first and second openingstherein, said first opening being in register with said opening in saidanchor member when the arm is parallel to said anchor member, saidsecond opening being in register with the upper aperture when the arm isdisposed at a forty-five degreeangle relative to said anchor member, anda locking pin received in said upper aperture and. a selected one ofsaid first and second openings for holding the arm relative to saidanchor member.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said side flange includes an outeredge tangent to said upper aperture whereby the pin will engage saidedge when the pin is extended through said upper aperture.

3. A clothes hanger supportcomprising a vertically disposed channelmember including a web portion and spaced flanges joined by said webportion, a vertical reinforcing strip secured to one of said flanges atthe lower portion of said channel member and having an upper aperturedisposed intermediate the ends of said member, a vertically swingablearm pivoted at one end to the upper end of said strip and disposedbetween said flanges, said arm having upper and lower holes therein,said one of said flanges having an opening in its upper end forregistering with said upper hole when the arm is raised into the channelmember, said lower hole. being in register with said aperture when thearm is disposed forty-five degrees relative to said member, and a pinselectively received in said upper hole and said opening and said lowerhole and said aperture.

4. A clothes hanger support comprising a ver- Cir tically disposedchannel member including a web portion and spaced flanges joined by saidweb portion, a vertical reinforcing strip secured to one of said flangesat the lower portion of said channel member and having an upper aperturedisposed intermediate the ends of said member, a vertically swingablearm pivoted at one end to the upper end of said strip and disposedbetween said flanges, said arm having upper and lower holes therein,said one of said flanges having an opening in its upper end forregistering with said upper hole when the arm is raised into the channelmember, said lower hole being in register with said aperture when thearm is disposed forty-five degrees relative to said member, a flexibleelement secured to said member, and a pin carried by said element andreceived in said upper hole and said opening to retain the arm in thechannel member and in the lower hole and the aperture to retain the armat a forty-five degree angle relative to said member.

5. A clothes hanger support comprising a vertically disposed channelmember including a Web portion and spaced flanges joined by said webportion, a vertical reinforcing strip secured to one of said flanges atthe lower portion of said channel member and having an upper aperturedisposed intermediate the ends of said member, a vertically swingablearm pivoted at one end to the upper end of said strip and disposedbetween said flanges, said arm having upper and lower holes therein,said one of said flanges having an opening in its upper end forregistering with said upper hole when the arm is raised into the channelmember, said lower hole being in register with said aperture when thearm is disposed forty-five degrees relative to said member, a flexibleelement secured to said member, and a pin carried by said element andreceived in said upper hole and said opening to retain the arm in thechannel member and in the lower hole and the aperture to retain the armat a forty-five degree angle relative to said member, said arm includingan inner end engaging the web portion to retain the arm perpendicular tothe member when the arm is swung to a horizontal position.

ALEXANDER H. ROVER.

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